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Because of things remembered, nothing changesWe simply followRhythms that are distant echoesAncestors turning in their sleepSilhouetted on the future, playful figures that cutAcross the winking eye of God's projectorA partial eclipse of the original light thatEmanates in all directionsSo that darkness isn't pierced but ratherForced to retreatPushed out by its own internal explosionThe screen of God's movie is time expandingAnd every atom is a solid globular mirror in whichSongtexteHis grotesque anamorphic grin splits the darknessEverywhere our world's expandingJourneys through the soulPast all thought and understandingScience or controlLooking into the futureIs looking at the pastIn whichever direction you happened to faceYou were forward and I was slipping backIn the time it takes for the light of the -stars-To stir-the retina-rods and conesHistory's in the beholder's eyeA fait accompli dans une autre endroitThe further away we are, the farther back we see,Unless we could gaze, instantly across the soundWhere, moored like ships, planets anchoredSwing and sway-golden bargesLaden down with mist and frozen crystalsDancing awayEverywhere our world's expandingJourneys through the soulPast all thought and understandingScience or control Aus Songtexte Mania